GROUND FLOOR. 
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ville Island, and a Polar Bear ; procured in the late Arctic 
expeditions; and presented by the Lords of the Admi¬ 
ralty. 
Between these animals is placed the trunk of an arbo¬ 
rescent Fern ( Alsophila Brunoniana of Wallich) forty-five 
feet in height, from the mountains to the eastward of 
Silhet in Bengal. Presented by the East India Company . 
Above the Musk Ox and Polar Bear, are the Coudou 
Antelope, from Southern Africa, and the Elk from Swe¬ 
den, both presented by the Trustees of the Hunterian 
Museum . 
On the upper landing-place are a male and female 
Giraffe, or Camelopard, from South Africa, presented by 
W. J. Burchell, Esq . ; also another Giraffe, presented by 
the Trustees of the Hunterian Collection; and a River 
Horse, or Hippopotamus, from the Cape of Good Hope. 
The last mentioned Giraffe was brought to England by 
Mr. Paterson, and is the first ever seen in this country. 
UPPER FLOOR. 
FIRST ROOM. 
The ceiling of this room, representing the fall of 
Phaeton, was painted by Charles de la Fosse. 
The upright cases round the room contain a series of 
artificial Curiosities from the less civilized parts of the 
world. 
Case 1. Esquimaux dresses, from Winter Island; a 
whalebone net, used by the Esquimaux for laying under 
their beds ;, a wooden bowl; a cup and spoon made of the 
horns of the musk ox; a bone ornament, from Savage 
Island; some Esquimaux arms; a small basket; a pair of 
eye-shades formed of bone; a bowstring ; a culinary vessel 
and lamp, cut out of stone. Over the Cases is placed a 
sledge from Baffin’s Bay, which, together with the rest of 
these articles, was brought to England by Capt. Sir Ed¬ 
ward Parry, in 1822. 
Case 2. Esquimaux dresses from Point Hope : a steers¬ 
man’s cap, from West Georgia; men’s boots, and an Es¬ 
quimaux landing net, formed of whalebone, from Kotzebue 
Sound; a band, worn as a maro, from Egmont Island; a 
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